#238C80#238C80

#238C80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C80
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -31.79, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 31.85, 183.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0933 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.094 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9656, 20.6703, 23.6716)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C80 #8C232F

analogous

#238C4C #238C80 #23648C

triadic

#238C80 #80238C #8C8023

tetradic

#238C80 #4C238C #8C232F #648C23

square

#238C80 #4C238C #8C232F #648C23

split-complementary

#238C80 #8C2364 #8C4C23

monochromatic

#0B2A26 #175B53 #238C80 #2FBDAD #55D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#238C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#238C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C80

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C80	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea4',
    500: '#238c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c80;
$custom-light: #70aea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57966,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C80

secondary

#B8525E

accent

#4557E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C80

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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